Condenser



Dec. 29, 1931. 'R. E. MORRISON CONDENSER Filed' May 31, 19:50

rals'om ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES ROBERT E.MORRISON, OF TENNESSEE.

CONDENSER 7 Application filed May 31, 1930. Serial N0. 458,218.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incondensers of a type primarily designed for application upon theradiators of motor vehicles and the like for condensing vapor ofanti-freeze solutions and the like and to return same in condensed formto the radiator.

One of the principal objects of the invention consists of a receptaclefor this purpose 10 preferably located upon the filling neck of aradiator. r

Another object of the invention consists of cooling fiues for thereceptacle permitting the passage of air through the bores thereof tochill ofl and condense the vapor collecting therein.

More specifically stated the housing is provided with means for theingress and egress of air commensurate with the rise and fall of thehead of liquid within the vehicle radi- V ator and to also serve as anoverflow pipe when the cooling system-has become excessively heated.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consistsof the following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention partly broken awayto illustrate the construction and relative arrangement of the variouselements composing same.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the invention as applied for use. I 1

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 4 indicates ahousingor receptacle ofany desired shape and size and which in thisinstance is of elongated formation and of cross section oval shape forreasons to be better understood in thefollowing description of theinvention.

A form of closure cap'll, carried upon the under side of the housing 10and having communication with the interior of the latter through anopening 12 in the top thereof and a registering opening 13in thereceptacle,

is to be secured in the usual manner upon the filling neck of a motorvehicle radiator. Spaced tubular forms of fines, such as indicated at14, projected in parallelism through the housing or receptacle andsecured at their ends with the adjacent walls of the receptacle, permitthe passage and circulation of air therethrough. It is to be noted thatin the application of the invention thevusu'al overflow pipe, not shown,for the motor vehicle radiator is closed at its uppermost end wherebythe liquid contents of the radiator, steam or vapor rising above suchlevel will not pass through the overflow pipe but will be allowed topass within the receptacle .through the registering openings 12 and 13.A brace arm 15 has connection'at its ends with the closure cap 11 andtheihousing in the manner suggested whereby the latter will be heldagainst vibrating. Inasmuch as the area within the housing or receptacleis largely displaced by the flues 1 1, it is necessary that some form ofoverflow pipe should be provided which will also permit ingress andegress of air pursuant to the fluctuating level of the liquid solutionin the vehicle radiator. This overflow pipe, indicated as at 16, isprojected upwardly within the bottom wall of the receptacle or housing,having its uppermost end spaced from the top wall of the receptacle andits lowermost end depending for an appreciable distance below the bottomwall of said receptacle.

The particular disposition of the lowermost end of the overflow pipe 16will allow the emitted liquid to descend in advance of the vehicleradiator rather than trickle upon the under surface of the receptacle,and find its way toward the radiator cap and radiator as well as tosubject its being blown against the windshield of the vehicle.

The invention is susceptible of various changes inits form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is: p

A condenser for motor vehicle radiators comprising a receptacle havingspaced flues extended Wholly therethrough, the latter being open attheir ends to permit ingress and circulation of air therethrough, aclosure cap carried by the receptacle having communication With theinterior thereof, and an overflow pipe for the receptacle projectingthrough the bottom Wall thereof and spaced at its inner end from theupper Wall of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

ROBERT E. MORRISON.

